Analysis of Answered Extempore By Dr. Swift
Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)
We both are mortal; but thou, frailer creature,
May'st die, like me, by chance, but not by nature.
| Scheme | AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111011110 111111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 105 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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